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Awanui Te Huia
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · September 05, 2022 5:00 PM · 1 reaction
As a Māori-speaking māmā, with both whakapapa Māori and Pākehā, I’ve observed those of my whānau who aren’t often exposed to te reo Māori in their daily lives regularly demonstrate the truth of this. They may not be able to converse in te reo or be able to understand what is being communicated specifically, but it’s clear to see that they can get a feeling for what’s being communicated.
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Hēmi Kelly
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · September 05, 2022 4:56 PM · 1 reaction
I didn’t grow up speaking te reo Māori. Mum had a little bit of knowledge but enough to give us the language when we were kids. So I know what it’s like to go out and be hungry for it, go through those years and years of courses learning it.
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Ramari Jackson-Paniora
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · September 05, 2022 4:53 PM · 1 reaction
Mum never really regained her reo. She tried to learn again as an adult several times. She thought it would come back to her. But becoming proficient in te reo was heavily dependent in those times on having other people to speak to, and Mum was immersed in the urban Māori lifestyle by then.
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Shilo Kino
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · July 05, 2021 4:31 PM · 1 reaction
Ngākau titikaha means to be confident. Ngākau is heart, titi means to pierce and kaha means strength. Every time I speak reo I feel my heart is pierced with power and strength.
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Professor Rawinia Higgins
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · June 30, 2021 4:29 PM · 1 reaction
New Zealand’s first language is endangered. We can’t afford to normalise misspelling and mispronunciation any more than it already is.
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Rosie Remmerswaal
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · June 09, 2021 9:03 PM · 1 reaction
Kāore ōku toto Māori, engari ko Aotearoa te whenua i whakatipu mai i a au. I don’t have any Māori blood, but Aotearoa is the land that raised me.
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Kristin Ross
Posted by Kiriana Hautapu · June 09, 2021 8:56 PM · 1 reaction
When we were dreaming of a world for our daughter, we wanted her whole world to have te reo Māori in it, not just her parents in the house that she lived in. So, when she goes to play, there are things that reflect her reality. When she watches TV, there are shows that reflect her reality. When she’s in the shops, there are things on the shelf that reflect her reality. And so that was the catalyst for Pipi Mā.